40 bucks

[thefishingfreak]

This cost $40.00 at homies.
35w halogen low voltage underwater pond light.
It's 9Volt already so just wire it up.
Lasted a full season and I can buy 17 of them for the price of LEDs And its redicilously bright.
I just made an L bracket and bolted it to the trim tab as you can see.
I'm putting 2 more on this season

[SAUERKRAUT]

F__freak:

Can you tell me more about this? 9v. Do you power it with your standard 12v. boat system? Do you wire it with on/off switching?

Where is homies?

Thanks,

SK

[thefishingfreak]

Home depot underwater pond light.
If you were to put it in a pond you need to buy a voltage converter From 110v a/c to 9vd/c with it, as its 9volts. which works just fine off the boats 12v system.
Yes just on an on/off switch.
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[Clammer]

Damn that,s really sweet ,

I,d get one if I was chasing squid or had a slip out further

[PRBuzz]

I got one of those lights around here somewhere! Will have to investigate and give it a try.

[Mr. Sandman]

a little redneck but neat none the less.

Probably about a 6 amp draw though...4 of those is 24 amps...you are not going to leave that on for very long.

[thefishingfreak]

True I run 1 all night, but I also have an 8D battery for acc. And A generator.
For 4 I'll just get the transformer and run them strait off the generator
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[Mr. Sandman]

For cheap LED's check out coastalnightlights.com Not the most solid construction but very bright and about 1 amp per light. I have their spreaders...amazing how bright and no power drain at all. The beauty of LED is low power consumption.

I spent a lot of time researching underwater LED's this winter. Everyone is getting into this market. It is changing quickly. You can spend 5000 on a single light if you have the cash but most of us can find a better use for that kind of money. Right now I think the best bang for the buck for a well made permanent mount LED light are the Lumitec SeaBlaze 3 they are about 200/per. The next step up are the new Amphibian A12 pro's. about 800/per, very bright and a solid composite housing.
I plan on going for 4 of the sea blaze3's in all blue . I may also toss a couple of the coastals under the swim platform for direct down facing lights in white.


Having a generator is nice. You can run all kinds of crap and not care too much about power consumption. Heck you can roast a turkey out there! I have 2 8D's for my house load and one group 31 for dedicated starting (all AGM's), and lighting is all LED except for one spot light. Once I move to the new radar (that draws about 1.2 amps), I should be able to leave everything on all night with no generator. As much as I want a generator...I know if I get one it will only be the beginning to a much longer wish list of boat crap I want.

[PRBuzz]

$40 for 3?

Fountain Light, Triple Pond Light, White Underwater Light Kit, Pond Lighting, Underwater Lighting, Fountain Lighting, Pool Light, Outdoor Lighting

[RIJIMMY]

just curious, why would you want a light under the water? to attract bait?

[thefishingfreak]

Bait, herring, squid , and the predators that come with them

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[Mr. Sandman]

Attracts everything ...including crowds ...

but it also looks cool underway at night or even at the dock.

[MakoMike]

I've been looking at some LEDs that I can just bolt onto the trim tabs. IIRC they are around $120 each. Nice and bright at the boat shows.